February SeriesCAT: Series in Translation

Series in Translation

For Series in Translation we're reading books that were written in a different language from the one we're reading in. We're flexible on the number of books in a series - any number greater than one.

You'll find lots of suggestions in January in the 2019 SeriesCAT Wiki and in the 2019 Series in Translation thread.

Literary Fiction

The Deer and the Cauldron series by Louis Cha Chinese

The Danny Smiricky series by Josef Skvorecky Czech

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz Arabic (Egypt)

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust French
The Rougon-Macquart series by Emile Zola French
The D'Artagnan Romances by Alexander Dumas French
Extraordinary Voyages by Jules Verne French

The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil German (Austria)
The Wartesaal trilogy and the Josephus trilogy, by Lion Feuchtwanger German (Jewish)

The Transylvanian trilogy by Miklos Banffy Hungarian

Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante Italian
The Novel of Ferrara by Giorgio Bassani (a series re-issued in one volume)

The Alberta trilogy by Cora Sandel Norwegian
My Struggle series by Karl Ove Knausgaard Norwegian

Memory of Fire by Eduardo Galeano Spanish (Uruguay)
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafron

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Swedish

Graphic Novels

The Adventures of Asterix by Rene Goscinny French
Tintin by Herge French

Sword Art Online by Reki Kawahara Japanese

Crime

The Lieutenant Boruvka series by Josef Skvorecky Czech

Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen Danish

Grijpstra and de Gier series by Janwillem van de Wetering Dutch

The Maigret series by Georges Simenon French
Chief Inspector Adamsberg series by Fred Vargas French
Marseille Trilogy by Jean-Claude Izzo French
Nestor Burma series by Leo Malet French

The Hangman's Daughter series by Oliver Potzsch German
von Bodenstein und Kirchhoff series by Nele Neuhaus German

Detective Erlendur series by Arnaldur Indridason Icelandic
Thóra Guðmundsdóttir series by Yrsa Sigurardottir Icelandic

Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri Italian
Inspector Bordelli series by Marco Vichi - Italian
Inspector Lojacono by Maurizio De Giovanni - Italian

Kyoichiro Kaga series by Keigo Higashino Japanese

Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo Norwegian
Henning Juul series by Thomas Enger Norwegian

Teodor Szacki series by Zygmunt Miłoszewski - Polish
Eberhard Mock series by Marek Krajewski - Polish

Erast Fandorin series by Boris Akunin Russian

Mario Conde series by Leonardo Padura - Spanish (Cuban)

Martin Beck series by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo Swedish
Intercrime series by Arne Dahl Swedish
Wallander series by Henning Mankell Swedish
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson Swedish

Sergeant Studer series by Friedrich Glauser German (Swiss)

Turkish Delight Mysteries by Mehmet Murat Somer Turkish

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Remembrance of the Earth's Past series by Liu Cixin Chinese

The Cardinal's Blades by Pierre Pevel French
Tyranael series by Elisabeth Vonarburg French (Canadian)

Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski Polish
The Last Wish

Children's/YA

Vango series by Timothee de Fombelle French

Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke German

Happy reading and remember the Wiki.

I'm planning on reading two: The Chinaman by Friedrich Glauser, which is the third book in the Sergeant Studer series. These are classic Swiss crime novels from the 1930s; The Novel of Ferrara by Giorgio Bassani, which is a reissue of Bassani's Ferrara series in one volume.

I hope to finally start the Mirror Visitor quartet by Christelle Dabos, originally published in French. The first book is A Winter's Promise.

I might read The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson, which fits AlphaKIT as well.

I started The Snowman by Jo Nesbo last year for the Alpha Kit and never got it finished. So, I think this will be a good book to read for this.

I'm thinking about Kamusari Tales Told At Night by Shion Miura, translated from Japanese into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter

I've been meaning to read Angel's Game for ages, and get back into that series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, so that's what I'll be doing in February.

I'm reading Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten.

Edited: OOPS - I'm reading that now. It will be done before February. I'll find something else.

This is a harder one for me. The book I had planned to read for this month would fit in Feb, too, and I haven't gotten to it yet. I'm going to switch this month for something else and in February read:

Ruby Red / Kerstin Gier

I am going to read Black Seconds by Norwegian author, Karin Fossum. It is translated into English by Charlotte Barslund.

Not sure what I'm reading yet - probably something from the Pushkin Vertigo series as I have several of those in the stacks.

I will probably read one of the Maigret novels, since I recently acquired many of them on eBay.

I will get to another of the mysteries by Seishi Yokomizo featuring the sleuth Kosuke Kindaichi.
Translated by Louise Heal Kawai from the Japanese.

I read Maigret and the Old People by Georges Simenon.

I read Boris Akunin's Murder on the Leviathan for the GeoCAT, but it can fit here too because it's translated from Russian.

I read The Scarred Woman by Jussi Adler Olsen translated from Danish by William Frost.

Denmark's welfare system is admirable, but this is one example where it is not working as intended. Some young women resent the social worker they must deal with in an attempt to get continued handouts and push her to retaliation. Rose's mental health problem has escalated to dire straits. Her story is tangled in with another case but Carl and Assad manage to sort out all the overlapping details. There is not as much humour in this one, while some perceptive lines from Assad make Carl wonder just where he came from. Another Department Q winner.

I read The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen

I found it to be darker and more graphic than the other two books I have read from the series, but the plot was interesting.

I read Dunkel (The Darkness/Dimma) by Ragnar Jónasson. It was translated to German from the English version, not from the Icelandic original, so it is kind of a double translation.

>18 MissBrangwen: Small languages get tricky sometimes. As I said in my review of Winterkill : "Apparently the explosion of Icelandic books being translated led to scarcity of translators so Orenda Books decided to get this one translated via the French translation. Either that or it was just much cheaper to do so."

So... same applies for yours. At least the English translation of that one WAS from Icelandic ;)

I read Black Seconds by Karin Fossum, which was another excellent installment in the Inspector Sejer series.

I have read the first two volumes in Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya, and now I am reading The Bastards of Pizzofalcone by Maurizio De Giovanni.

I've been waiting patiently for my hold on The Shadow Murders, I will be starting it very soon.

Das Bestiarium von Mähren is a historical mystery set in Bohemia and Moravia and translated from the Czech.

The Memory of Babel was first written in French and is the third book in Christelle Dabos' story about Ophelia and Thorn.

I finished The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen (translated from Danish by K. E. Semmel), and like >17 bookworm3091:, I too found it rather violent and disturbing. I do like the characters very much, though, so I plan to read more from this series.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Published at least concurrently in German by a German author, for me, this book was a hit. I like the story and the characters. I was also much longer than any book I've read recently marked "Jurvinial". There were multiple places where I think it could have been broken up into 3-4 pieces with little lost.

I've just finished Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli.

Starting The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, the first in the Kosuke Kindaichi series

COMPLETED The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Louise Heal Kawai. Apparently there are more than 70 in the series, only four of which have been translated into English and not in order, either.

>29 Robertgreaves: I read that one last month. I also found it odd (And sad) that only four of the books have been translated into English and not in series order.

Ruby Red / Kerstin Gier
4 stars

Gwyneth and Charlotte are cousins, born only 1 day apart. Based on their genes and Charlotte’s date of birth, Charlotte is expected, and has been training all her life, to be the family’s next time traveller. So, it’s a surprise when Gwyneth is suddenly transported to another time!

I really liked this. Although I didn’t initially like Gwyneth’s time travel partner, Gideon, he grew on me. It did bother me some, though, that no one seemed to think they needed to now train Gwyneth on those things Charlotte had been learning. I realize that it would not be nearly as much training, since the time travel is now already happening with Gwyneth, but it sure would have been some help, I would think!. The book also didn’t quite end. I believe it is a trilogy (it is definitely continued), so although I often leave a gap between books in a series, I’d like to try to get to the next one before too much time passes.